Distinguishing between the one who denies the Night Journey and the one who denies the Ascension
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, he says: We heard from some scholars that the one who denies the Night Journey is a disbeliever, and the one who denies the Ascension is an open sinner. Is this distinction correct?
The Shaykh:
No, it is a false division. Denying the Mi'raj is like denying the Isra; they are all disbelievers, because both are mentioned in the Qur'an. The Isra is mentioned in Surat al-Isra, and the Mi'raj is mentioned in Surat al-Najm. The one who distinguishes between them is distinguishing between what the Qur'an indicates.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh.
The Shaykh:
He does not want anyone to intervene in these great sciences and answer with new ideas. We can accommodate, my brothers, what the cause accommodates. It is permissible for us to intervene with new ideas and new knowledge and leave what our righteous Salaf were upon. The Salaf did not distinguish between these. Who brought this distinction? Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you
Honorable Shaykh, he says: We heard from some scholars that the one who denies the Night Journey is a disbeliever, and the one who denies the Ascension is an open sinner. Is this distinction correct?
The Shaykh:
No, it is a false division. Denying the Mi'raj is like denying the Isra; they are all disbelievers, because both are mentioned in the Qur'an. The Isra is mentioned in Surat al-Isra, and the Mi'raj is mentioned in Surat al-Najm. The one who distinguishes between them is distinguishing between what the Qur'an indicates.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh.
The Shaykh:
He does not want anyone to intervene in these great sciences and answer with new ideas. We can accommodate, my brothers, what the cause accommodates. It is permissible for us to intervene with new ideas and new knowledge and leave what our righteous Salaf were upon. The Salaf did not distinguish between these. Who brought this distinction? Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you
Source
شرح الكافية الشافية في الانتصار للفرقة الناجية [ القصيدة النونية ] [ صالح الفوزان ]، بداية من قوله : يا رب قد قالوا بأن مصاحف الإسلام ما فيها من القرآن — islamhouse.com (1:07:04)
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